BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by Retroesque:
Love your choice of subject, certainly think you did it justice.

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by quiet_observation:
This has an interesting abstract feel to it - the needles seem like shiny and metallic pins around a cushion.

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by J-Me:
I think you've done an excellent job! DOF is really excellent.

About the only thing that I think I might have suggested is perhaps, darkening this shot just a tad to really bring out the depths of b&w a bit more. But, it's really a great shot!

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by SandyP:
Jeanie, first, "HIIIIIIII!!!!!!" I'm so happy you are better and back into the swing of things! I'm so happy to be doing another 30-day thing with you!

And 2nd, you sure have a great showing here for confessing that you have a lot to learn! This is great! I love the effect of that the shallow depth of field gives this. It's such an appealing abstract.

Fantastic job!

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very good DOF, it just pops out at you. I wonder if this would look good as a square crop? I rarely do square crops but I think it would suit this image.

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by sevilduvarci:
very nice dof.

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by JerseyGenie

Comment by daboardergirl:
Hmmm... I'm not seeing any problems with your B&W. :) This is a great shot. The DOF is perfect. Great composition.

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by CapeSail:
Nice shot, great textures and DOF. Could you put your camera settings on the photo's though. I'm playing around more with manual settings for DOF variations. I'd like to see what this was taken at. Shots like this I find are fun to take at the full range of f-stops to see the changes.

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by JerseyGenie

Comment by ursula:
He, he, I don't think there's a problem with the b/w in this image, it looks fine to me (maybe just a bit more punch would help, just maybe though). I think the main problem many of us have is finding subjects that work well in b/w. In this case, I think that colour would sort of make the image, and making it in b/w instead sort of takes away from the impact. Does that make sense?

BW-pinebough.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment by eamurdock:
I like this a lot. A lot a lot. You might play with curves to change where the greys hit; but then you might also decide you like it this way after all.